JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JUNE 2004
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                        Metric tons             Million yen    
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Fishery Products     June 2004 June 2003   June 2004  June 2003
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Live:                               
Eel, adult               2,795     2,454       3,241      2,550
Others                     935       558         923        707

Fresh:
Pacific sockeye             45        23          39         22
Pacific coho                 -         -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       163       181         112        121
Atlantic salmon          1,830     1,994       1,180      1,289
Yellowfin tuna           1,919     2,124       1,442      1,513 
Bluefin tuna               572       320         593        829
Bigeye tuna              1,273     1,407       1,062      1,063
Southern bluefin tuna      579       444       1,132        961
Sea bream                   18        35           7         12
Billfish                    54       156          54        123 

Frozen:
Sardine                  1,255     1,122          86        139
Swordfish                  113       116         102        108 
Pacific sockeye            381       797         266        393
Pacific coho             1,522     3,800         471      1,551
Other Pacific salmon     1,099       748         525        403
Pink/chum salmon         3,733     7,234       1,484      2,716
Atlantic salmon            274       277         140        118
Other salmon               106        63          43         26
Halibut                  1,578     1,934       1,007        990
Albacore tuna               57        68          12         14
Yellowfin tuna          12,599     9,080       4,109      2,396
Skipjack                 9,561     6,378         908        448
Bluefin tuna               294        78         418        206
Bigeye tuna             12,029    12,327       7,133      7,220
Herring                 13,276    14,142       1,813      2,105  
Cod                        476       283         141         83
Mackerel                 4,088     3,528         676        563
Mero                       522       752         462        792
Jack mackerel            3,408     1,648         567        275
Sea bream                  494       128          83         39
Capelin                    778     2,670         259        558
Billfish                   716       443         170        109
Spanish mackerel           248        43          43         18
Rockfish                   861       999         215        259
Sablefish                1,449     1,848       1,287      2,122
Herring roe                  -        18           -         15
Pollock roe              3,473     4,618       5,488      5,866
Mero, fillet                47       235          55        319
Swordfish, fillet           82       132          36         65
Pollock surimi           5,048     3,245         867        793
Cod surimi               1,077        31         184          6
Threadfin bream surimi   4,709     5,715         769      1,038  


Salted/dried:
Herring roe              1,596     1,647       2,379      2,784
Pollock roe                185       265         239        367
Salmon roe                 168       165         213        301

Shellfish
Live/fresh:
Sea urchin               1,382     1,211         612        607 
Arkshell                   474       458         236        225
Spiny lobster              148       163         454        455
King crab                2,079     2,052         673        868  
Tanner crab              4,557     3,990       1,582      1,165
Blue crab                    0         1           0          1
Korean crab                565       355         426        288
Other crab                 141       190          50         88
Oyster                     425       502         214        228 
Clam                       730       737         120        112 

Frozen:
Spiny lobster              319       528         677      1,026
Lobster                     79        55         205        120
Shrimp                  17,284    19,786      15,698     19,042
King crab                  150       554         183      1,011
Tanner crab              4,293     1,699       4,837      1,933
Blue crab                  305       171         127         79
Korean crab                  -         -           -          -
Other crab                  47        49          19         27 
European cuttlefish      1,412       940         760        517
Octopus                  4,273     4,493       2,726      2,893
Scallop                     19        46          19         49
Other cuttlefish         1,680     1,606       1,021        962 
Squid                      543       753         164        135 
Abalone                     29        22         102        141 

Salted/dried:
Squid                      283       126         222        102
Sea urchin roe              20        13          45         31
Jellyfish                  840       925         295        275
Seaweed, dried             944       720         484        382
Seaweed, salted          1,192       902         117         94

Prepared:
Eel                      6,317     5,181       9,595      5,242
Canned crab                 80        70         145        141
Fish meal               33,918    31,277       2,695      2,329

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- = no imports

Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/2013


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